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Bush and Blair were, famously, caught on an open mike at the G-8 summit
in St. Petersburg. Blair demonstrated a shrewd understanding of what
was at stake for Syria's dictator, Bashar Assad: "He thinks if Lebanon
turns out fine, if we get a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes
in the right way . . . he's done." And Bush explained, simply and
correctly, that the first step was "to get Hezbollah to stop doing this
s---."
Israel is fighting to stop, and defeat, Hezbollah. Bush, Blair, and the Post
editors understand that the right policy is to stand behind Israel, and
to support that nation in defeating terror--for its own sake, and on
behalf of liberal civilization. They understand that we are at war with
an axis of jihadist-terrorist organizations and the states that sponsor
them. They understand that we need to win the war. With Bush's
leadership, we have a good chance to do so.
--William Kristol [Weak Horses]
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